Tulip Festival 2013 – Orange City, Iowa

Holy cow! I knew I was behind, but WOW! I need to catch up! So 2 Mays ago we had a very nice trip to Iowa. It started with me bringing my 3 babies to my dad’s house in Bensenville. Batman took over the house RIGHT AWAY!
And my Dutch (RIP) & Batman could not get enough of the back screened in porch!Even though she was crabby about being there, Mary even enjoyed the garden window!That night I spent the night in my dad’s RV with Mary, Batman & Dutch so they could get used to it. Early the next morning dad left in the RV with my 3 and Oreo. Poor dad had to travel all the way with 4 animals! Darrell and I left in our 5th wheel 2 days later. When we got there we went to the cemetery to visit with Aunt Kathy, Grandpa Pete & Grandma Liz.One morning Darrell, dad, Uncle LeRoy & I went shooting!One of our favorite places to eat when in Northwest Iowa is Bob’s in LeMars! They have these AMAZING things called Taverns! YUMMY!Obviously one of the reasons we were there was for Orange City’s Tulip Festival!This was going to be the first year EVER, in my entire life, that I would get to actually participate in the fest, because thanks to my Aunt Kathy I finally had a Dutch costume! It was bittersweet however, because so many people weren’t there to see me, like my mom, aunt & grandparents. I walked in the parade every day and scrubbed the streets and one day I even got to ride in a float!I had to take a picture with my aunt since it was her costume I was wearing!Besides visiting with family I was super excited to get to see Zoey again! After Aunt Kathy died, we thought we’d never see her again!The perfect shirt for Darrell!We had a GREAT time! We hope to go back in 2015 for the 75th Tulip Fest! When we got home, this is what we found, a week without grass cutting!